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/pend/, v.i.1. to remain undecided or unsettled.2. to hang.3. Obs. to depend.[1490-1500; L pendere to be suspended, hang, depend]
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Pend — Pend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pending}.] [L. pendere.] 1. To hang; to depend. [R.] [1913 Webster] Pending upon certain powerful motions. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pend — Pend, v. t. [Cf. pen to shut in, or AS. pyndan, E. pound an inclosure.] To pen; to confine. [R.] [1913 Webster] ended within the limits . . . of Greece. Udall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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